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hair cut

i took the advice of many and had my hair cut. i am losing my hair at an alarming rate so i wanted to do anything to minimize the damage. i got about 6 inches cut. all i could do is cry after it was done. i look so different and i dont mean in a good way. i added new pics so take a look and you will see what i mean. im sure not enjoying ALL of the changes going on in my life right now. i just hope it all turns out for the best. is anyone else going through this? i do know its just hair and it will grow back. its just in the mean time im stuck looking like a freak.

You Look Great !!!
You will get used to it and with your thinning face.. :)
It goes very well. Take it from me a Hair Dresser.. :)
You do Not look like a Freak by anymeans...
Again I have posted that you can get Hair extentions that you just clip in and its real human hair..Its fun to play with too.. :)
Your Beautiful and I'm not just saying it.. :)

I think you look great and yes I am going through this as well. I started losing my hair about a month ago and was devastated. I loved my long hair. Well Tuesday night I went to my hairdresser and said cut it off. I now have a Katie Holmes Bob and I love it. I will say it took me about a day to get used to it. Once I embraced my new look I was thrilled. And you know this short haircut would not look good on me if I still had a fat face. Cheer up and know that it really does look good. I have not found one strand of hair on my clothes since I got it cut. And I see new hairs popping up.

Here is a reply to another post that I just found in my files. I believe Laf35 is the one who originally posted it, it might help to understand a little better 'Why this happens&quot; :-

This was an article that was written by a lady from my dr office.........She said her hair was falling out by the handful and she was confused because the dietian, surgeon, and other were giving her different answers....so she went to a dermatologist he said....Our hair has two stages anagen and telogen and at any given time our hair is in the anagen(growing stage 90-95% of the time......the remaining 5-10% are telogen (resting )stage which last 3-6 months its the telogen hair that are the concern here because in this stage they fall out as the new anagen hair push then out of the follicle. he said in major shock to the body like our surgery can cause those perfectly growing anagen hairs to switch prematurely into a telogen cycle. He went on to say that there isnt anything at all that can be done about it not more protein, vitamins, special shampoo, nada. Those hairs have gotten confused . thats why ya see the hair fall out at about the 3 month mark its the end of the telegon stage. The good news is that the new hairs are right behind them he showed her under a magnifying glass how he could tell if the hairs hat were coming out were telogen- these hairs have the &quot;bulb&quot; on the scalp end that means new hair is on its way so now she checks every hair to make sure it has a bulb on it(just kidding) FYI the name of the condition is telogen effluvium. she said there was plenty on the net about it...... anyway, thought this info might be comforting to those of us who are dealing with this awful hair loss &quot;

I think your hair looks great. I know you are use to the long hair i was the same way when i had my long hair cut to about your lenght maybe few inches longer but not much more. But i didn't do because i was losing my hair hadn't had the surgery yet. just was tired of my long hair couldn't do anything with it and with my lung problems it was so hard to keep it up. But i think you look alot younger with it you could be a daughter instead of the mommy...lol I mean it....but it will grow out. god bless Lisa

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